AGoodHearttoLeanon
佚名 / Anonymous
WhenIwasgrowingup, , andwhenwewouldwalktogether, hishandonmyarmforbalance, , heneverleton.
Itwasdifficulttocoordinateoursteps—hishalting, mineimpatient—andbecauseofthat, wedidn’, healwayssaid, “.”
Ourusualwalkwastoorfromthesubway, , , .
Whensnoworicewasontheground, itwasimpossibleforhimtowalk, , NY, onachild’, , andhewouldnothavetogooutsideagainuntilwemethiminBrooklynonhiswayhome.
WhenIthinkofitnow, —withoutbitternessorcomplaint.
Henevertalkedabouthimselfasanobjectofpity, “goodheart” , andifhefoundone, theownerwasgoodenoughforhim.
NowthatIamolder, Ibelievethatisaproperstandardbywhichtojudgepeople, eventhoughIstilldon’tknowpreciselywhata “goodheart” ’thaveonemyself.
Unabletoengageinmanyactivities, , , wherehecouldhaveagoodtimejustsittingandwatching.
Ononememorableoccasionafightbrokeoutatabeachparty, ’tcontenttositandwatch, buthecouldn’, “I’llfightanyonewhowillsitdownwithme!” .
Inowknowheparticipatedinsomethingsvicariouslythroughme, (poorly), he “played” , he “joined” , , hewasreallysaying, “Thisismyson, butitisalsome, andIcouldhavedonethis, too, ifthingshadbeendifferent.” Thosewordswereneversaidaloud.
Hehasbeengonemanyyearsnow, , IamsorryInevertoldhimhowsorryIwas, howunworthyIwas, , whenIamenviousofanother’sgoodfortune, whenIdon’thavea “goodheart”.
AtsuchtimesIputmyhandonhisarmtoregainmybalance, andsay, “yousetthepace, Iwilltrytoadjusttoyou.”
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